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Writing Correction Symbols

This document provides a list of writing correction symbols used at Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia. It includes 24 symbols that indicate different types of common mistakes made by students, such as errors in sentence structure, spelling, word choice, verb tense, punctuation and more. For each symbol, it provides a short description and examples to illustrate the meaning and the corrections.

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Writing Correction Symbols

This document provides a list of writing correction symbols used at Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia. It includes 24 symbols that indicate different types of common mistakes made by students, such as errors in sentence structure, spelling, word choice, verb tense, punctuation and more. For each symbol, it provides a short description and examples to illustrate the meaning and the corrections.

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UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA

Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures


Writing Correction Symbols

SYMBOL MEANING MISTAKE (examples) CORRECTION (examples)


S+V+C Sentence Structure In Bogota are a lot of traffic problems. (S+V+C) There are a lot of traffic problems in Bogota.
SP Spelling responsable (SP) responsible
^ Missing Word ^ is important It is important
Miguel is ^ engineer. Miguel is an engineer.
WP Wrong Pronoun Maria is my sister. He (WP) is 20 years old. María is my sister. She is 20 years old.
POSS Possessives This is the car of my friend (POSS). This is my friend’s car.
Anne is a teacher. His (POSS) mother lives in Panamá. Anne is a teacher. Her mother lives in Panamá.
SVA Subject Verb Agreement He walk (SVA) to school everyday. He walks to school every day.
Colombian people is (SVA) nice. Colombian people are nice.
WPR Wrong Preposition I study in (WPR) universidad de La Sabana. I study at universidad de La Sabana.
Michael works at (WPR) Mondays. Michael works on Mondays.
WC Wrong Connector or ^C insert She is tall. However, (WC) she is intelligent. She is tall and intelligent.
//…// Isolated Idea Mary had an excellent time in NY. //The traffic signals are easy to handle Mary had an excellent time in NY. There she visited a lot of tourist places.
in NY//. There she visited a lot of tourist places.
VF Verb Form She has make (VF) dinner. She has made dinner.
Juan didn’t went (VF) to the gym yesterday. Juan didn’t go to the gym yesterday.
WV Wrong Verb I have (WV) 20 years old. I am 20 years old.
I like to see (WV) TV. I like to watch TV.
WT Wrong Tense Yesterday I go (WT) to the movies. Yesterday I went to the movies.
Miriam has made (WT) her bed everyday. Miriam makes her bed every day.
WO Word Order She has eyes blue. (WO) She has blue eyes.
He will travel to Israel in the afternoon tomorrow (WO). He will travel to Israel tomorrow afternoon.

XYZ Unnecessary Word His happy birthday is on January 15. His birthday is on January 15.
… when somebody called to Alejandro… … when somebody called Alejandro…
WW Wrong Word My father is an example for my live (WW). My father is an example for my life.
Her artist (WW) name is “The Strong Lion” Her artistic name is “The Strong Lion”.
WA Wrong Article Sue had a (WA) excellent final exam. Sue had an excellent final exam.
AF Adjective Form The Eiffel Tower is more tall (AF) than the Taj Mahal. The Eiffel Tower is taller than the Taj Mahal.
The Nile River is the larger (AF) river in the world. The Nile River is the largest river in the world.
S/P Singular-Plural form My child (S/P) are playing in the street. My children are playing in the street.
Rep Repetition Marvel’s new film is very interesting (REP) because it has interesting (REP) Marvel’s new film is very interesting because it has a great starring and
actors and a very interesting (REP) script. script.
Cap Capitalization Many people visit madrid (Cap) every year. it (Cap) has become a popular Many people visit Madrid every year. It has become a popular travel
travel destination. destination.
PUN Punctuation Crepes staff are helpful (PUN) friendly and polite (PUN) Crepes staff are helpful, friendly, and polite.
FF False Friend Actually (FF) I am assisting (FF) English classes. Currently I am attending English classes.
WExp Wrong Expression Time is gold. (WExp) Time is money.

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